Science for Society – Precision medicine in cancer therapy
The Scientific Office of the Embassy of Italy in the United Kingdom, in collaboration with AISUK, presents the fourth Science for Society event: Precision medicine in cancer therapy. Charles Swanton and Alberto Bardelli will discuss cancer progression as an evolutionary process and explore how this way of looking at cancer may lead to more effective strategies for […]
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Aby Warburg Reading Group. The Afterlife of Classical Antiquity in the Italian Renaissance #1
First meeting. Life, First Teachers and Studies: Between Hamburg and Florence This regular seminar and reading group is devoted to the work of Aby Warburg (1866–1929), a prominent German art historian and cultural theorist who founded the Kulturwissenschaftliche Bibliothek Warburg, which later become the Warburg Institute. A lover of Italian art and culture, he called […]
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The Sound Between – Pinuccio Sciola: Art, Form and Sound
The Sound Between is dedicated to the renowned Sardinian artist Pinuccio Sciola and to the relations between sculpture, shape and sound in his works. Developed by Indòru – Boutique del Suono in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in London, Fondazione Sardegna Film Commission and Fondazione Pinuccio Sciola and funded by Regione Autonoma della Sardegna, […]
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The Italian Art of the Keyboard: Domenico Scarlatti
THE SERIES With the Italian Art of the Keyboard the Institute endeavours to raise the interest of a broader audience in an extensive repertoire that, despite the kaleidoscopic richness of its tunes, harmonies and feelings, is mostly ignored by concert halls and performers, with the exception of a bunch of challenging tiny masterpieces audaciously revived […]
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Fellini: A Definitive Film Season
The year 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of the great film-maker Federico Fellini (1920-2020). The official programme will commemorate and disseminate Fellini’s genius and heritage with a series of events held both in Italy and abroad. The BFI rounds off a two-month centenary celebration of the renowned Italian filmmaker with a special […]
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The Sound Between – Rooms to Explore: Candle and Jar tour
The Sound Between is dedicated to the renowned Sardinian artist Pinuccio Sciola and to the relations between sculpture, shape and sound in his works. Developed by Indòru – Boutique del Suono in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in London, Fondazione Sardegna Film Commission and Fondazione Pinuccio Sciola and funded by Regione Autonoma della Sardegna, […]
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Inferno Mittelbau Dora
To mark the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Italian Cultural Institute will screen the documentary “Inferno Mittelbau Dora” (2016, 54 mins), by Mary Mirka Milo. In Italian with English Subtitles. Mittelbau Dora was the last and most ruthless concentration camp built by the Nazis. The prisoners worked tirelessly in its underground tunnels to produce V2 missiles, the […]
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The Italian Art of the Bow – Strings & Italian Opera
THE SERIES The Italian Art of the Bow is an opportunity to wander in the opulent and various repertoire for the string family created by Italian composers since the sixteenth century, to be dazzled by the acrobatic virtuosity of their fast-paced pieces, to be charmed by the enchanting, delicate sweetness of their immortal melodies, to […]
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Antonello Guerrera in conversation with James Blitz
Antonello Guerrera, UK and Ireland correspondent for Italian newspaper La Repubblica, talks to James Blitz, Whitehall Editor of the Financial Times, about Europe, the UK and Brexit, taking inspiration from his latest book “Il popolo contro il popolo: perche’ dopo Brexit la democrazia e l’Europa non saranno piu’ le stesse” (The People against the People: […]
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Leonardo 500 – Aby Warburg’s Leonardo Lectures: A Reconstruction
LEONARDO 500 A programme of events marking the 500th anniversary of Leonardo’s death, organised by our Institute in collaboration with the Warburg Institute and curated by Katia Pizzi (Institute for Modern Languages Research), Ben Thomas (University of Kent) and Bill Sherman (Warburg Institute). Aby Warburg’s Leonardo Lectures: A Reconstruction A reading by Professor John Prag (Manchester […]
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